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DIG, v.t. pret. Digger or dug; pp. Digged or dug. [G.] 1. To open and break or turn up the earth with a spade or other sharp instrument.Be first to dig the ground.2. To excavate; to form an opening in the earth by digging and removing the loose earth; as, to dig a well, a pit or a mine.3. To pierce or open with a snout or by other means, as swine or moles.4. To pierce with a pointed instrument; to thrust in.Still for the growing liver digged his breast.To dig down, is to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall.To dig out, or to dig from, is to obtain by digging; as, to dig coals from a mine; to dig out fossils. But the preposition is often omitted, and it is said, the men are digging coals, or digging iron ore. In such phrases, some word is understood; They are digging out ore, or digging for coals, or digging ore from the earth.To dig up, is to obtain something from the earth by opening it, or uncovering the thing with a spade or other instrument, or to force out from the earth by a bar; as, to dig up a stone.DIG, v.i. 1. To work with a spade or other piercing instrument; to do servile work.I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg. Luke 16.2. To work in search of; to search.They dig for it, more than for hid treasures. Job 3.To dig in, is to pierce with a spade or other pointed instrument.Son of man, dig now in the wall. Ezekiel 8.To dig through, to open a passage through; to make an opening from one side to the other.
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DIG, v.t. pret. Digger or dug; pp. Digged or dug. [G.] 1. To open and break or turn up the earth with a spade or other sharp instrument.Be first to dig the ground.2. To excavate; to form an opening in the earth by digging and removing the loose earth; as, to dig a well, a pit or a mine.3. To pierce or open with a snout or by other means, as swine or moles.4. To pierce with a pointed instrument; to thrust in.Still for the growing liver digged his breast.To dig down, is to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall.To dig out, or to dig from, is to obtain by digging; as, to dig coals from a mine; to dig out fossils. But the preposition is often omitted, and it is said, the men are digging coals, or digging iron ore. In such phrases, some word is understood; They are digging out ore, or digging for coals, or digging ore from the earth.To dig up, is to obtain something from the earth by opening it, or uncovering the thing with a spade or other instrument, or to force out from the earth by a bar; as, to dig up a stone.DIG, v.i. 1. To work with a spade or other piercing instrument; to do servile work.I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg. Luke 16.2. To work in search of; to search.They dig for it, more than for hid treasures. Job 3.To dig in, is to pierce with a spade or other pointed instrument.Son of man, dig now in the wall. Ezekiel 8.To dig through, to open a passage through; to make an opening from one side to the other. |
DIG, v.i.- To work with a spade or other piercing instrument; to do servile work.
I can not dig; I am ashamed to beg. – Luke xvi.
- To work in search of; to search.
They dig for it, more than for hid treasures. – Job iii.
To dig in, is to pierce with a spade or other pointed instrument.
Son of man, dig now in the wall. – Ezek. viii.
To dig through, to open a passage through; to make an opening from one side to the other.
DIG, v.t. [pret. digged or dug; pp. digged or dug; Sw. dika; Dan. diger, to dig, to ditch; Sw. dike, a ditch, Dan. dige; D. dyk, a dyke; G. deich; Sax. dic, id.; Sax. dician, to ditch; Eth. ደሐየ dachi. Class Dg, No. 14. The Irish, tochlaim, tachlaim, to dig, may be from the same root.]- To open and break or turn up the earth with a spade or other sharp instrument.
Be first to dig the ground. – Dryden.
- To excavate; to form an opening in the earth by digging and removing the loose earth; as, to dig a well, a pit, or a mine.
- To pierce or open with a snout or by other means, as swine or mole.
- To pierce with a pointed instrument; to thrust in.
Still for the growing liver digged his breast. – Dryden.
To dig down, is to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall.
To dig out, or to dig from, is to obtain by digging; as, to dig coals from a mine; to dig out fossils. But the preposition is often omitted, and it is said, the men are digging coals, or digging iron ore. In such phrases, some word is understood: They are digging out ore, or digging for coals, or digging ore from the earth.
To dig up, is to obtain something from the earth by opening it, or uncovering the thing with a spade or other instrument, or to force out from the earth by a bar; as, to dig up a stone.
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Dig
- To turn up, or delve
in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the
soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or
loosen, as if with a spade.
- To
work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to
delve.
- A
thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs.
See Dig, v. t., 4.
- To
work hard or drudge;
- A tool
for digging.
- To get by digging; as, to dig
potatoes, or gold.
- To take ore from its bed,
in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- A plodding and laborious student.
- Of a tool: To cut deeply
into the work because ill set, held at a wrong angle, or the like, as
when a lathe tool is set too low and so sprung into the
work.
- An act of digging.
- To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a
ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a
well.
- To work like a digger; to study ploddingly
and laboriously.
- An amount to be dug.
- To thrust; to poke.
- = Gouge.
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Dig DIG, verb transitive preterit tense Digger or dug; participle passive Digged or dug. [G.] 1. To open and break or turn up the earth with a spade or other sharp instrument. Be first to dig the ground. 2. To excavate; to form an opening in the earth by digging and removing the loose earth; as, to dig a well, a pit or a mine. 3. To pierce or open with a snout or by other means, as swine or moles. 4. To pierce with a pointed instrument; to thrust in. Still for the growing liver digged his breast. To dig down, is to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall. To dig out, or to dig from, is to obtain by digging; as, to dig coals from a mine; to dig out fossils. But the preposition is often omitted, and it is said, the men are digging coals, or digging iron ore. In such phrases, some word is understood; They are digging out ore, or digging for coals, or digging ore from the earth. To dig up, is to obtain something from the earth by opening it, or uncovering the thing with a spade or other instrument, or to force out from the earth by a bar; as, to dig up a stone. DIG, verb intransitive 1. To work with a spade or other piercing instrument; to do servile work. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg. Luke 16:3. 2. To work in search of; to search. They dig for it, more than for hid treasures. Job 3:21. To dig in, is to pierce with a spade or other pointed instrument. Son of man, dig now in the wall. Ezekiel 8:8. To dig through, to open a passage through; to make an opening from one side to the other. |
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